Sunday Diary: 7/1/18

‘The first days of January always seems so stretched out.’

“I was twenty years old and at large in a perfect world” – a fortnight in Europe, August 2016

Wednesday 3 August Hallo! I am in Cologne. I arrived here but three hours ago and all it has done … More

‘I want to marry the blue light’, or ‘Writing because you haven’t in a while’ – 28/5/16

I tend to write on this blog once a month, usually exactly one month after the last post. I have … More

‘Living in Sulk St.’, or ‘Dear diary…’- 27/4/16

I’ve been sulky today. Truly, utterly sulky – with this song playing over and over in my head. I busied myself … More

“if I loved myself, would I take it the wrong way?”: Things I’ve been going and doing – 13/09/015

I thought I’d write something today because of the sound and cohesive nature of my mind that’s been serving me well lately, … More

Getting stuff done by just mooching about, happily; a useless post by yours truly 24/8/15

There’s this bit in Broad City where Alanna and Abbi sit next to each on separate laptops all night and … More

On making busy happen because otherwise you’d be, er, so ‘not busy’, and why it’s okay to sit and wait

On my to-do lists of recent, writing a blog post has always meant to have been at the top, but … More

Thoughts on a play about consciousness. Is that a paradox? Am I even here? ~ and other things mulled over this week

I went to see The Hard Problem and took notes in the dark. Lesson learnt: Don’t take notes in the … More

Give yourself a hug: Avoid spontaneous combustion, and other things learnt during the past week…

I gave myself a well deserved hug the other day. I think I’ve been beating myself up too much about … More

“Under the iron bridge we kissed/and although I ended up with sore lips…” – a weekend spent in Manchester

I’m writing this as my computer slowly dies, as it downloads a virus or something. Forever finding something less productive … More